Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Das karmesinrote Blütenblatt

Ein naiver Industriellensohn "entdeckt" in einem heruntergekommenen Bordell eine Prostituierte und bietet ihr an, dass sie zukünftig in Reichtum und Luxus schwelgt, wenn sie nur für ihn ihre Dienste tut. Neugierig willigt sie ein, wird aber im neuen Glaskäfig nicht froh, weil ihr die erhoffte soziale Anerkennung verweigert wird.

Grumpy Old Men

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge

Long Way Down

White Gold

Essex, 1983: Vincent Swan hat sich als charismatischer Verkäufer einen Namen gemacht und dominiert das Geschäft der Doppelverglasung. Ausschlaggebend dafür ist nicht nur sein Geschick in puncto Verhandlungen. Nein, Vincent besitzt auch die Dreistigkeit, die Regeln des Spiels, das er mit der Konkurrenz spielt, stets zu seinem Vorteil zu verändern. Unterstützt wird er dabei von Fitzpatrick und Lavender die jedoch schon bald moralische Bedenken bekommen. So erfolgreich das Trio anfangs ...

Ich, Claudius – Kaiser und Gott

Kaiser Claudius (Derek Jacobi) erzählt in Rückblicken seine Lebensgeschichte, beginnend im Jahr 24 v. Chr. beim damaligen Kaiser Augustus (Brian Blessed), über Tiberius (George Baker) und Caligula (John Hurt) bis hin zu Claudius’ eigener Herrschaftszeit. Der Erzählstrang ist mit Mord, Intrigen und einer bösen Großmutter, Augustus’ Frau Livia (Siân Phillips), gespickt.

The Hour

A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.

Tigers About the House

Tigers About the House follows Giles Clark, British Tiger expert and Head of Big Cats at Australia Zoo, as he hand rears the most genetically important Sumatran tigers in the world, brothers, Spot and Stripe. To ensure the cubs survival, Giles is taking Spot and Stripe home to live with his boisterous family.

The Century of the Self

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which most are unaware. The film is an exhaustive examination of his theories on human desire, and how they're applied to platforms such as advertising, consumerism and politics.

Summer of Rockets

Samuel, a Russian-born Jewish inventor who specialises in the development of hearing aids, is tasked with a secret mission by MI5 to use his technological expertise to contribute to western Cold War efforts. Following the tensions of the space race and the first hydrogen bomb test, Samuel's efforts factor in to the emergence of the modern world.

Parade’s End – Der letzte Gentleman

England kurz vor Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs: Der britische Aristokrat und Gentleman alter Schule Christopher Tietjens (Benedict Cumberbatch) heiratet Sylvia (Rebecca Hall), die sich unentwegt in weitere Liebschaften stürzt. Obwohl er nicht mal sicher sein kann, dass das gemeinsame Kind von ihm ist, hält er die Ehe mit seiner Frau aufrecht - bis er der ungestümen Valentine Wannop (Adelaide Clemens) begegnet. Nicht nur seine Gefühlswelt gerät mit einem Mal ins Schwanken, auch England ...

Gardeners’ World

Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast in 1968 and still running as of 2013. Its first episode was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. The magazine BBC Gardeners' World is a tie-in to the programme. Most of its episodes have been 30 minutes in length, although there are many specials that last longer. The 2008 and 2009 series used a 60-minute format.

Stressed Eric

Eric Feeble is a middle-class divorced father of two who resides in London, England. An average man, with a less than average life, Eric is endlessly at his wits end -- stressed out with his family, coworkers, and his life in general.

Yes, Prime Minister

James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?

Upstart Crow

Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

W1A

The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of 'Head of Values' at the BBC. His task is to clarify, define, or re-define the core purpose of the BBC across all its functions and to position it confidently for the future, in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

Big Train

Big Train is a surreal British television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the successful sitcom Father Ted. The first series was broadcast on BBC Two in 1998, while the second, in which Linehan was not involved, aired in 2002.

Psychoville

Psychoville is a British dark comedy television . Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles.

Not The Nine O’Clock News

Not the Nine O'Clock News is a television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982. Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the Nine O'Clock News on BBC1, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The show featured Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones, as well as Chris Langham in the first series. The format was ...

1990

The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.

The Wrong Mans

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.

Vienna Blood

Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna.

Trigonometry

In crowded and expensive London, cash-strapped couple Gemma and Kieran open their small apartment to a third person. Somehow, their new addition, Ray, makes the flat seem bigger, not smaller. Gradually, many things become easier, nicer and better with an extra pair of hands.